Justice Hassan Bubacar Jallow, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, was the keynote speaker Friday at the annual Global Engagement Center conference at Southern Utah University.

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Josh Huntsman
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Students at Southern Utah University and community members heard from a man considered by many to be the most important lawyer in the world Friday.

Justice Hassan Bubacar Jallow, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, spoke at SUU's Hunter Conference Center as the keynote speaker for the annual Global Engagement Center conference.

Before his appointment to the ICTR by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Jallow served as one of the drafters of the African Charter on Human and People's Rights. He also worked as undersecretary general for the United ...